mon (9.7) - ran 6 miles this morning. didn't feel super great. some of it was traveling, some of it is that i never seem to run as well when i first wake up. i've got to close at the store tonight though so morning is my only option. i did also do some drills and strides. same as last week. hopefully i won't be as sore as i was last time!
tues (9.8) - felt a little more lively today. i ran through the hill so it was a little tough, but i felt more up tempo than yesterday. got in 6 miles.
wed (9.9) - workout day. the plan was a 9 mile cut-down tempo with one mile warm up, one mile cool down. since my marathon goal pace is basically 7:15 miles, ben had my cut down to be:
8:00, 8:00, 7:50, 7:50, 7:40, 7:30, 7:20, 7:10, 7:00
i was lucky to have a new addition to our group, kristen, come tonight because we have the same goal! the one mile warm up we all took nice and easy. then it was off for the workout. here's how it went for me:
mile 1 - 8:00 - felt fine/easy
mile 2 - 8:01 - felt fine/easy
mile 3 - 7:47 - this one was a little tough with a big up hill
mile 4 - 7:46 - had to stop off at the bathroom really quickly and got a little excited when we started running again
mile 5 - 7:47 - oops. this one was a bit slow. we did have to slow up for some cars to pass, but that was only a couple seconds
mile 6 - 7:32 - this one was good
mile 7 - 7:23 - really really had to go to the bathroom (if you know what i mean) so this slowed us a little, luckily right after this mile mark i scooted to the bathroom. here i told kristen to continue on her own b/c i didn't want her to have to wait on me!
mile 8 - 6:54 - it was really dark now at this point and coming out of the bathroom and knowing i had to run fast i got way too anxious on this one, i was afraid it would be too slow
mile 9 - 6:55 - i figured i got myself in this fast rhythm, so i should stick it out. i pushed hard on this last one, especially since it has a nice uphill towards the end.
the cool down mile was rough--my stomach was really messed up the rest of the night too. i've got to work on figuring out what to eat during the day to not have this mess! it certainly could have been a smoother workout, but overall i think it went alright. 11 miles on the day and i did decide to wear the lunar glides for this one.
thur (9.10) - i had the day away from the store today so i didn't get going on my run until about 10a (i was dragging this morning, even though i was up a 7:15!). it ended up not being so bad and i felt like i was running at a pretty good clip. i did a new loop this morning so some different scenery may have also helped! 6 miles for the day.
fri (9.11) - well, this is Festival Week so i knew i would be busy and the next two days would be tough to fit in runs. i was able to squeeze in a quick 4.5 miles this morning in between working on stuff for the festival and then being out at Forest Park for the set up. now i'm back at the store until close (8pm). another really long day tomorrow. so we'll see how the run fits in....
sat (9.12) - wake-up call: 3:45am. out to FP by 4 to start the set up for the event. worked all morning out at the festival and then scooted over to the store in time to open it at 10am. then i worked all day (it was really busy!!) by myself and by the time i closed up a little after 6 there was NO WAY i was going for a run. it would have been a shuffle and a terrible experience--or so i had convinced myself. oh well. what's done is done. a 9pm bed time is calling my name...
sun (9.13) - after a long night's sleep i felt much better this morning. the long run was out at castlewood. the girls group was julie, maggie, sara, kris and jenny. we all ran together for the first part, then julie and maggie turned off (julie had started an hour before us and maggie is not training for a marathon!). then it was the four of us for a while, but we had been pushing the pace with the other girls so jenny and sara slowed up a bit. kris and i kept it rolling basically the entire way. i felt great. it's really nice to have the long runs going so well. today i took two gu's--my new favorite flavor (aka the one i don't mind as much choking down) is espresso love. plus i like the name! i took one an hour in and the other at about 1:55 or so. we were definitely running sub-8 min pace most of the way back but went ahead and added on a touch when we got back to make the run total 2 hrs 41 min just to be safe. 20 miles on the day.
total weekly mileage: 53 miles*
shoes: inspire = 97 miles, trance = 178 miles, lunar glide = 30 miles
*i wanted to hit 60 this week, but it was a tough weekend work-wise so i was happy to bouce back and still have a nice long run...
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